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Montana advances to FCS semifinals with 35-28 victory over Furman in OT

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 13:51:52 GMT

MISSOULA, Mont. (AP) — Junior Bergen returned two kicks for scores and Clifton McDowell threw a touchdown pass to Keelan White in overtime to send Montana to the FCS Championship semifinals with a 35-28 victory over Furman on Friday night.Montana (12-1), the second seed, will host and take a nine-game win streak into its semifinal against the winner of Saturday’s matchup between No. 3 seed South Dakota and North Dakota State. The Grizzlies, making a record 27th appearance in the FCS playoffs, have won 11 straight at home and improved to 11-0 all time at home in the quarterfinals.Montana, which grabbed a 7-0 lead on Bergen’s 99-yard kickoff return to start the game, had not trailed in the second half since its lone loss in the fourth game of the season — a 28-14 defeat at Northern Arizona — when Bergen took a fourth-quarter punt and raced 59 yards to the end zone for a 26-21 lead. McDowell passed to Sawyer Racanelli for the two-point conversion.Furman (10-3), which punted...

Kyrie Irving injures foot, Mavericks beat Trail Blazers 125-112 behind Doncic

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 13:51:52 GMT

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Luka Doncic had 32 points and 10 assists as the Dallas Mavericks beat the short-handed Portland Trail Blazers 125-112 on Friday night after Kyrie Irving injured his right foot.With just under four minutes left in the second quarter, Irving was fouled under the basket by Portland center Duop Reath. The star guard fell to the floor, where teammate Dwight Powell inadvertently stepped on his foot, causing Irving to stay down for several minutes.Irving remained in the game to shoot two free throws before Tim Hardaway Jr. committed a foul to get him out. Irving was taken to the locker room to be examined by the Mavericks’ training staff and was ruled out for the rest of the game.Dante Exum had 23 points for the Mavericks (13-8), and Hardaway scored 20 off the bench. Doncic grabbed six rebounds.Anfernee Simons had 30 points, eight assists and five rebounds in his second game back from right thumb surgery for a Blazers team missing three starters. Malcolm Brogdon and D...

Kawhi Leonard scores season-high 41 points, Clippers beat Jazz 117-103

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 13:51:52 GMT

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Kawhi Leonard scored a season-high 41 points and the Los Angeles Clippers beat Utah 117-103 on Friday night to snap an 11-game road losing streak against the Jazz.Leonard made a season-high 14 field goals in 23 attempts, was 6 of 8 from 3-point range and made all seven of his free throws. He also had five rebounds and five assists.Paul George added 20 points, and Ivica Zubac had 18 points and 12 rebounds. James Harden had 12 points on 2-of-8 shooting.John Collins led Utah with 19 points and 13 rebounds. Talen Horton-Tucker added 16 points and five assists, Keyonte George chipped in 15 points and Walker Kessler had 12 rebounds in his return to the starting lineup.The Jazz trailed by double digits for a large chunk of the second half before scoring on seven straight possessions to spark a rally early in the fourth quarter. Collins led the charge with three baskets, including back-to-back dunks. Utah cut it to 99-93 on Sexton’s jumper with 6:56 left, capping an 18...

Estaba en Puerto Rico y le escribió a su mamá: “Conocí a mi esposo”. Esto fue lo que pasó después

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 13:51:52 GMT

(CNN) — Hacía apenas unas horas que Isis Woods había conocido a Michael Bradford cuando le envió un mensaje de texto a su madre, presa de la emoción.“Mamá, conocí a mi marido”, escribió con el teléfono en una mano y un cóctel en la otra.“¿Estás borracha?”, respondió la madre de Isis.“Sí”, dijo Isis. “Y acabo de conocer a mi marido”.Era el otoño de 2018 e Isis, que entonces tenía 23 años, estaba de vacaciones en Puerto Rico, disfrutando de lo que ella llama su “primer viaje adulto”.Se conocieron haciendo el Camino de Santiago. Dos semanas después estaban comprometidosViajaba con su mejor amiga, que acababa de graduarse de la universidad. Isis, estudiante de magisterio, casi había terminado también sus estudios, y las dos amigas decidieron que se merecían un momento para celebrarlo y explorar algún lugar nuevo.Se decidieron por Puerto Rico como destino de vacaciones porque era fácil volar hasta allí desde su casa de Atl...

Big money, fancy homes, old jokes — inside Joe Biden’s fundraisers

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 13:51:52 GMT

LOS ANGELES (AP) — If you’re a Democrat with money to burn and friends in high places, you can spend thousands on tickets to a fundraiser with President Joe Biden. If not, keep reading to see what you’re missing. With an election year around the corner, Biden is accelerating his fundraising to prepare for an astronomically expensive campaign. (Think billions, not millions.) In this rarefied world, money equals access, and supporters regularly pay top dollar for a personal glimpse of the world’s most powerful man. Biden is collecting cash across the Los Angeles area this weekend, and his first stop was a sprawling estate where the host joked “it’s just a normal Friday at our house” as hundreds of donors sipped wine in the backyard.“You’re the reason why we’re gonna win, God willing, in 2024,” Biden told the audience.Each fundraiser is a little different, but they generally follow a similar script. Here’s what it’s like inside the presidential...

Gilgeous-Alexander scores 38 as Thunder top Warriors, 138-136 in overtime

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 13:51:52 GMT

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Shai Gilgeous-Alexander believes the Oklahoma City Thunder have made a statement with the way they’ve handled the Golden State Warriors this season.Gilgeous-Alexander scored 38 points, and the Thunder defeated the Warriors 138-136 in overtime on Friday night.Jalen Williams scored 28 points and Chet Holmgren added 21 for the Thunder, who beat the Warriors for the third straight time in the last of four matchups between the teams this season. Despite the Warriors’ 10-12 record, Gilgeous-Alexander said the win felt important. He still sees the same Warriors that won NBA titles in 2015, 2017, 2018 and 2022. They remain an important measuring stick for a young Thunder team that sits in second place in the Western Conference standings.“We’ve got a bunch of competitors on the team, guys that don’t back down, guys that want to be great at the end of the day,” Gilgeous-Alexander said. “And we all know that to be great, you got to test yourself aga...

Las relaciones entre Israel y la ONU alcanzan un mínimo histórico luego de que Guterres invocara una medida diplomática poco habitual

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 13:51:52 GMT

(CNN) — Las relaciones de Israel con las Naciones Unidas alcanzaron un mínimo histórico tras la escalada de tensión entre ambos organismos esta semana.El secretario general de la ONU, António Guterres, invocó este miércoles una herramienta poco utilizada pero poderosa en su decidida apuesta por un alto el fuego en Gaza, suscitando la indignación de los diplomáticos israelíes.Guerra entre Israel y Hamas en vivo: combates en Gaza, situación de los civiles y másEl Artículo 99 de la Carta de la ONU permite al jefe de la ONU llamar la atención del Consejo de Seguridad sobre “cualquier cuestión que pueda agravar las amenazas existentes para el mantenimiento de la paz y la seguridad internacionales”. Guterres, en una carta al Consejo de 15 miembros, utilizó esa herramienta diplomática e instó al organismo a “presionar para evitar una catástrofe humanitaria” y unirse en un llamamiento a un alto el fuego humanitario total.Israel se ha opuesto firmemente a los ll...

Israel presses on with Gaza bombardments, including in areas where it told civilians to flee

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 13:51:52 GMT

RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli warplanes struck parts of the Gaza Strip overnight into Saturday in relentless bombardments, including some of the dwindling slivers of land Palestinians had been told to evacuate to in the territory’s south.The latest strikes came a day after the United States vetoed a United Nations resolution demanding an immediate humanitarian cease-fire in Gaza, despite it being backed by the vast majority of Security Council members and many other nations. The vote in the 15-member council was 13-1, with the United Kingdom abstaining.“Attacks from air, land and sea are intense, continuous and widespread,” U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said before the vote. Gaza residents “are being told to move like human pinballs – ricocheting between ever-smaller slivers of the south, without any of the basics for survival.”Guterres told the council that Gaza was at “a breaking point” with the humanitarian support system at risk of total collapse, and that he feared...

A fire in a hospital near Rome kills at least 4 and forces the evacuation of facility and patients

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 13:51:52 GMT

ROME (AP) — A fire broke out in a hospital on Rome’s outskirts, killing at least four people and forcing the evacuation of the facility and its patients, officials said Saturday.Patients in intensive care at St. John the Evangelist hospital in Tivoli were transferred immediately to other hospitals via ambulance, the Tivoli mayor’s office said in a statement. Less-critical patients were moved into a nearby municipal gymnasium pending transfer to other facilities.The blaze began late Friday and was eventually brought under control and four people were confirmed killed, the fire department said in a statement. Video — released by the department — showed fire crews on ladders trying to reach the upper floors of the hospital as smoke billowed out.Tivoli, which is located about 35 kilometers (20 miles) northeast of the center of Rome, is a popular tourist destination. It is best known for the archaeological sites of Villa d’Este and Villa Adriana, both of which are UNESCO Worl...

Observers see OPEC ‘panicking’ as COP28 climate talks focus on possible fossil fuel phase-out

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 13:51:52 GMT

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The oil industry is starting to sweat as United Nations climate talks heat up and threaten to plug fossil fuel-belching wells for good, veteran negotiation observers say.A reported letter from OPEC’s leader pleading with the oil cartel’s member countries to block any language in an agreement at climate talks that would phase out or phase down fossil fuels hit negotiations like a thunderclap. Host and fellow petrostate United Arab Emirates is trying to tamp down its reverberations in a process where one or two key nations can block everything.Environmental activists, still smarting from 30 years of soft power from oil interests keeping such discussions from seeing the light of day, smirked at signs that the mighty cartel was circling the wagons.“I think they’re panicking,” said E3G analyst Alden Meyer. “Maybe the Saudis can’t do on their own what they’ve been doing for 30 years and block the process.”Former Ireland President Mary Robinson said...